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Jane’s Addiction suing lead singer Perry Farrell for $10m after brawl halted tour and album

The frontman is also suing the band for assault and battery

The Independent UK

Jane’s Addiction members sue singer Perry Farrell over onstage altercation

US rock band claim reunion tour and album was derailed by Farrell’s ‘repeated and unprovoked attack’ in 2024 – but the singer lodged his own legal complaint hours later

The Guardian - US

“She sang it once. That was it. That’s the record, that’s the vocals. From a vocal standpoint, no one has that much courage. And of course it was spectacular”: How Alanis Morissette made You Oughta Know – with a little help from two Red Hot Chili Peppers

"I thought maybe ten people would hear this song,” she said

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"It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life." Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro insists there's "no chance" that the band will ever play together again

Will we ever see Jane's Addiction back onstage together? Don't hold your breath

Louder

“It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life. And there's no chance for the band to ever play together again”: Dave Navarro confirms that there’s no way back for Jane’s Addiction after chaotic last gig in Boston

His least favourite gig, guitarist reveals

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“It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life”: Dave Navarro says there’s “no chance” that Jane’s Addiction will ever play again

The band suffered an unceremonious end after vocalist Perry Farrell punched Navarro on stage – and the guitarist has confirmed that show will go down as their last

Guitar World

“Such a rare piece”: Dave Navarro has chosen the guitar he’s using to record his first post-Jane’s Addiction material – and it’s a historic build

Navarro will be taking a milestone six-string from PRS into the studio with Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins

Guitar World

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Musk Reportedly Engaged In New Shouting Match With Top Trump Cabinet Member: 'It Was Quite a Scene'

Elon Musk reportedly engaged in a loud confrontation with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the White House, Axios reported

Latin Times

“I’ve gone from having the greatest time of my life, to wanting to kill myself.” An audience with a tired, homesick, and somewhat irritable Red Hot Chili Peppers on the final night of their One Hot Minute world tour

In the summer of 1996, rumours spread that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to break up following the conclusion of their One Hot Minute world tour. I was sent to the tour's final show to find out the truth

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Dave Navarro weds Vanessa DuBasso

Dave Navarro has wed again for the fourth time, almost 20 years after his marriage to Carmen Electra ended in divorce.

BANG Premier

“We were out to satisfy our animal instincts onstage. I think we spent $40,000 on gear that we smashed on Lollapalooza”: Nine Inch Nails made their name with infamously destructive live shows – this is the true story behind their epic guitar smash-a-thons

It was the tour that made Nine Inch Nails – and destroyed countless guitars. In an exclusive extract from Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival, Trent Reznor, Richard Patrick and Dave Navarro look back at their all-star guitar-smashing rituals

Guitar World

“I have a solo with lots of strobe and flashing lights. I made up something I could play with my eyes closed and not go blind!” Jason Orme on the unexpected challenges of working with Alanis Morissette, Kelly Clarkson and Sarah McLachlan

The longtime Alanis Morissette guitarist talks nerve-wracking audition callbacks, choosing between modelers and tube amps, and why he never tried to play like Eddie Van Halen

Guitar World

‘Watching any of it made you feel grubby’ – the most notorious reality TV families ever

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin join a long line of people that have opened themselves up for the public to gawp at. Here are 10 of the wildest to grace our screens

The Guardian - UK

The blow that ended it all: How the return of Jane's Addiction was floored not by musical differences, but by a punch thrown by their singer

It was all going right until it went very, very wrong

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The Independent UK

Jane’s Addiction members recording music without Perry Farrell after 2024 bust-up

Band cancelled their tour last year after their singer threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro onstage

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Jane's Addiction making new music - without Perry Farrell?

Jane's Addiction appear to be making new music - but without frontman Perry Farrell.

Metal Hammer

Eric Avery working on new music with Jane's Addiction bandmates – but there's no mention of singer Perry Farrell

Jane's Addiction bassist says he's working with band's drummer Stephen Perkins and guitarist Dave Navarro

Guitar World

“It proved to be short-lived”: The year Dave Navarro returned to Jane’s Addiction, got assaulted, and a fractious reunion fell apart

2024 Year in Review: The Jane's Addiction reunion was going so well until it wasn't, when frontman Perry Farrell lost it on a feral Friday 13th in Boston, bringing the curtain down on one of alt-rock's greatest bands

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“Anti-colonialist anguish, hope, joy and the search for connection, all through his guitar. That’s what makes a guitar hero”: Guitarists of the Year 2024 – the players who took 2024 by storm

Slash made a blues record. St. Vincent boggled our minds again. And Grace Bowers blew everyone away… Here we take a look at the players who made 2024 a banner year for the instrument

Guitar World

“I was having so much anxiety about getting a great sound that I wasn’t writing songs… I said, ‘I’m gonna stop thinking about it. This is going to be my sound’”: Tom Morello on his tone struggles and what he learned from teaching his son Roman how to play

Rage Against The Machine icon discusses his unreleased Post Malone song, being outshredded by his son, pushing Iron Maiden for the Hall of Fame and why he avoids most endorsement deals

Guitar World

“Dave Navarro speaks so romantically when he’s talking about playing guitar – it definitely gave me some inspiration”: Crawlers’ Amy Woodall talks EBows, PA disasters – and what they took from that ill-fated Jane’s Addiction support slot

The British guitarist reveals the pedals she needs to generate her band’s alt-grunge sound, and how they’re finding their way out of a “rough year”...

Guitar World

“With this band, you learn not to make plans”: Dave Navarro on his fight to beat Covid, and the Jane’s Addiction reunion that – little did he know – was about to come off the tracks

In an interview that took place just a few weeks before Jane’s Addiction’s onstage fight on September 13, Navarro explains why he reconnected with the original lineup in the first place

Metal Hammer

“Some of us were getting sober and cleaning up, others were not. It’s a recipe for disaster”: The chaotic story of Jane’s Addiction’s Ritual De Lo Habitual, the debauched masterpiece that changed music

Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction’s game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade

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KISS' Paul Stanley calls out Jane's Addiction for onstage brawl

Paul Stanley says Jane's Addiction should have left their "ego" at home after their onstage bust-up in front of fans.

MusicRadar

“Nobody knows any of this stuff, but it got pretty heated”: Jane’s Addiction guitar tech believes band “is no more” as he reveals months of tensions before onstage altercation and tour cancellation

Dan Cleary details the simmering disagreements that led to the fight at Boston, and alleges that Farrell even quit the band before their first US show in Las Vegas

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